"Me?! What? I don’t know, unless I must go to the dictionary and learn what a crook is. I’ve never been a crook. ... I'm saying I'm not a crook, I have never been a crook. I will never be a crook."
— Jacob Zuma

January 1, 1970

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In reply to the question 'Are you a crook?', from BBC Panorama interviewer Fergal Keane, 11 February 2008